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This service was modeled after the Sunday evening student-led worship service at Calvin College following the movements of praise, confession and assurance, intercession, listening to God’s Word, and responding with acts and dedication and faith.
Call to Worship – Psalm 150 film
Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the Lord
Words and Music: Matt Redman © 1997 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music, admin. EMI Christian Music Publishing.
Greeting
I Will Extol You, O My God
Psalms for All Seasons 145E
Glorious and Mighty (based on Psalm 96)
Words and Music: Bob Kauflin, Joel Sczebel and Todd Twining © 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise, admin. EMI Christian Music Publishing.
Prayer
Come, Holy Ghost / Be Not Afraid (based on Veni creator spiritus)
Words and Music: Bruce Benedict, Rabanus Maurus, Ray Mills © 2005 Cardiphonia Music, LLC.
My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone
Psalms for All Seasons 62B
Passing the Peace
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading – Psalm 1
Sermon
Be the Centre (Michael Frye)
Following the sermon you are invited to write a letter to God, responding to his covenantal love for you.
Be Thou My Vision
Words: Irish, 8th cent.; vers. Eleanor H. Hull (1860-1935), alt.; tr. Mary E. Byrne (1880-1931); Public Domain
Music (SLANE 10.10.10.10): Irish traditional
Philippians 3:10-12
All I Have Is Christ
Words and Music: Jordan Kauflin © 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise, admin. EMI Christian Music Publishing.
Blessing
My Friends May You Grow in Grace
Words and Music: Timothy James Meaney and Sean Diamond; alt. Gregg DeMey and Gregory Kett © 1991, 2001 Wiseman Music.
Mary Hulst, preacher
Liturgy and music: Students from the Calvin College LOFT team, led by Paul Ryan
Psalm 150 film produced by Steven Jones and directed by Ben Vanderput
This service is modeled on the Sunday evening student-led worship service at Calvin College called LOFT (Living Our Faith Together). LOFT services follow the movements of praise, confession and assurance, intercession, listening to Gods Word, and responding with acts of dedication and faith. The pattern is consistent from week to week but is often experienced as a time of free-flowing worship that makes use of visual art, dramatic readings, dance, prayer, and music from a variety of sources and in multiple styles. One significant aspect of worship at LOFT is a creative and often tangible response to the reading and preaching of Scripture.
LOFT services are broadcasted live on Sunday evenings at 8:00pm during the academic year and are archived for viewing at any time: http://www.calvin.edu/faith/worship/loft.html
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
This expression of Psalm 148 was submitted by Ed Willmington, who wrote it with Clayton J. Schmit. The nature of Psalm 148 is total exuberance as all of nature offers praise to God.
